Australia vs Sri Lanka, 1st Final at Melbourne, Jan 18 1996 - Match Result

RESULT

1st Final (D/N), Melbourne, January 18, 1996, Benson & Hedges World Series

201/7

(48.1/50 ov, T:202) 183

Australia won by 18 runs

McDermott has become the fastest to 200 wickets in ODIs (136 matches), going past Wasim Akram's 143

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Scorecard summary

Australia • 201/7(50 overs)

59 (101)

3/42 (10)

51 (74)

Ravindra Pushpakumara

2/34 (10)

Sri Lanka • 183/10(48.1 overs)

Asanka Gurusinha

47 (82)

3/28 (9.1)

Aravinda de Silva

34 (47)

Craig McDermott

3/41 (10)

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Match details

Melbourne Cricket Ground
Toss	Sri Lanka, elected to field first
Series	Benson & Hedges World Series Sri Lanka tour of Australia
Season	1995/96
Series result	Australia led the best-of-3-finals 1-0
Match number	ODI no. 1041
Match days	daynight (50-over match)
Umpires	Darrell Hair Steve Randell
TV Umpire	Bill Sheahan
Match Referee	Graham Dowling

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AUSTRALIA v SRI LANKA

At Melbourne, January 18 (day/night)

AUSTRALIA v SRI LANKA

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Sri Lanka Innings

Player Name		R	B
ST Jayasuriya	caught	19	25
RS Kaluwitharana	lbw	13	9
AP Gurusinha	caught	47	82
PA de Silva	caught	34	47
HP Tillakaratne	caught	1	4
RS Mahanama	bowled	16	34
A Ranatunga	bowled	31	57
HDPK Dharmasena	bowled	4	5
WPUJC Vaas	caught	2	12
GP Wickramasinghe	caught	0	5
KR Pushpakumara	not out	8	13
Extras	(lb 5, nb 1, w 2)
Total	183(10 wkts; 48.1 ovs)

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	17	Sanath Jayasuriya	Romesh Kaluwitharana
2nd	29	Asanka Gurusinha	Sanath Jayasuriya
3rd	61	Aravinda de Silva	Asanka Gurusinha
4th	3	Asanka Gurusinha	Hashan Tillakaratne
5th	10	Asanka Gurusinha	Roshan Mahanama
6th	4	Arjuna Ranatunga	Roshan Mahanama
7th	5	Arjuna Ranatunga	Kumar Dharmasena
8th	2	Arjuna Ranatunga	Chaminda Vaas
9th	1	Arjuna Ranatunga	Pramodya Wickramasinghe
10th	20	Arjuna Ranatunga	Roshan Mahanama
11th	31	Arjuna Ranatunga	Ravindra Pushpakumara

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Benson & Hedges World Series

Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
AUS	8	5	3	10	0.517
SL	8	4	4	8	-0.524
WI	8	3	5	6	-0.014